MONTREAL The COVID-19 pandemic has been a reminder to many of why health-care workers are guardian angels – and how hard it can be to find a way to thank them. So on Wednesday, to mark International Nurses Day, a literal truckload of meals were delivered to staff at the McGill University Health Centre. “It feels good, it feels like we re important we re being recognized for what we do,” nurse manager Millie Firmin told CTV Montreal. The MUHC Foundation coordinated with Montreal company GoodFood to deliver the roughly 2,000 meals. “They been fighting this virus for more than a year now, and it s a huge stress to them and their families because they bring home all of that risk to their children and to their loved ones, said MUHC Foundation CEO Julie Quenneville.
Greek Doctor Uses Breakthrough AI to Improve Life of Cancer Patients
Greek doctor Metrakos, whose research is in colorectal cancer. Credit: McGill Reporter.
Dr. Peter Metrakos is the Greek leader of a research team which is working on improving survival rates of cancer patients by using breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
The team of doctors, based in Canada, are working to help patients suffering from colorectal cancer survive an incredibly deadly disease, which as it stands has a five-year survival rate of only 12%.
Cancer research using AI
” width=”1080″>The research team is working with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) to develop personalized medicine in the colorectal cancer field.